Managing broadcasts

Every time you go live, TribeNest creates a broadcast — the canonical record of that show. Broadcasts hold the replay video, any high-quality local recordings you uploaded, the linked events, and the metadata. Long after the stream ends, the broadcast keeps living in your account so fans can watch it back and you can re-use the footage.

Broadcasts live under Stream then Broadcasts.

The broadcasts list

The Broadcasts page shows every recorded broadcast in a table:

• Title — what the broadcast was called.
• Started — when you went live.
• Ended — when you ended the broadcast (or N/A if it's still in progress or ended unexpectedly).
• Duration — total run time.

Each row has a three-dot menu with the actions described below. Use the pagination at the bottom of the page to walk through older broadcasts.

Watching a replay

1. Open the row menu and click Watch video.
2. The replay opens in a player on top of the page.

If Watch video is greyed out, the broadcast doesn't have a saved replay yet — usually because it ended unexpectedly or is still finalising.

Renaming a broadcast

1. Open the row menu and click Update title.
2. Enter the new title.
3. Click Update.

Renaming a broadcast doesn't touch the recordings or replay — only the label.

Deleting a broadcast

1. Open the row menu and click Delete broadcast.
2. Confirm in the dialog.

Deleting a broadcast removes it from your dashboard and from the Live section of your TribeNest site. Make sure you have anything you need (replay, recordings) downloaded first.

Downloading the replay

To get the full broadcast video as a downloadable file:

1. Open the row menu and click Download video.
2. The first time, TribeNest generates a download from the replay — the menu item shows a spinner while it processes.
3. Once it's ready, clicking Download video again starts the actual file download.

If a download is already being generated, the menu item shows Generating download and is temporarily disabled.

Recordings

If you used the Local recording option during the broadcast, your camera and microphone tracks were saved to your computer at full quality and uploaded as separate recordings attached to the broadcast.

To view or download them:

1. Open the row menu and click Recordings. The number in parentheses is the count of recordings on that broadcast.
2. The dialog lists each recording — video tracks open with a video player, audio tracks open with an audio player.
3. Click Download on any recording to save it locally.

Recordings are higher quality than the broadcast replay because they're saved straight from the source — useful when editing the show into other content later.

Uploading recordings after the fact

If you missed the upload prompt right after a broadcast (or closed the tab too early), you can re-upload from the studio later — open the studio for the same template, and the upload dialog will reopen if recordings are still in your browser's temporary memory. Otherwise, the originals are also available via your local downloads if you used Download to computer in that dialog.

Linking events to a finished broadcast

If you forgot to link events before going live — or want to gate the replay differently — you can change the linked events on a finished broadcast.

1. Open the row menu and click Linked events.
2. Search for events and click any one to link it.
3. Pick whether all tickets unlock the replay or only specific ticket types.
4. Use the pencil and X icons to edit or remove linked events.
5. Click Save changes.

Linked events control who can watch the replay on your TribeNest site, the same way they control who can watch the live stream. See events for more.

Merging broadcasts

If a single show ended up split across multiple broadcasts (a reconnect, a manual restart, two parts intentionally split), you can merge them into one combined broadcast.

1. From the Broadcasts page, click the actions menu (top-right) and choose Merge broadcasts.
2. Use the search to find the broadcasts you want to combine. Tick each one to add it to the merge list.
3. Drag the selected broadcasts into the order you want them stitched together.
4. Set a New broadcast title — TribeNest pre-fills one based on the first selected broadcast, edit it however you like.
5. Optionally expand Linked events to attach events (with full or specific ticket access) to the merged result.
6. Click Merge broadcasts.

The merge runs in the background. You'll get a confirmation toast when the merge is queued — once it's done, the new combined broadcast appears in your Broadcasts list. You can keep or delete the original parts.

You need at least two broadcasts selected to merge.

Creating a past broadcast from a video file

If you have a finished video — a recording from a previous show, a podcast episode, an edited highlight reel — you can add it to your broadcasts list as if it had been streamed live.

1. From the Broadcasts page, click the actions menu and choose Create past broadcast.
2. Fill in the Broadcast details:
   • Title — what the broadcast will be called.
   • Started at and Ended at — the dates and times you want it to appear as having been live.
3. Under Video upload, pick an MP4 file from your computer. TribeNest validates the file type before accepting it. The file uploads in the background with a progress bar.
4. Optionally under Linked events, attach one or more events with full or specific ticket access to gate replay viewing.
5. Click Create broadcast.

Once created, the past broadcast behaves exactly like one that was streamed live — fans can watch it on your TribeNest site, you can rename it, link more events to it, and so on.

Cleaning up stuck broadcasts

If you ever see broadcasts in your account that look stuck (started but never ended), open the templates page (Stream then Templates), click the wrench icon next to New template, and choose Cleanup broadcasts. This safely closes out orphaned in-flight broadcasts without affecting normal completed ones.

Where to go next

• Need to set up another show? Build a fresh stream template.
• Want fans to find your replays? Feature them on your homepage from my website.
• Selling access? Pair broadcasts with events and memberships.